Sunday, April 29, 2012

I have been playing around with it, and love this cut. You would think this was a Texas strawberry. Either that or the basket is too small. It was really fun and I will do it again. I think I cut them both at 5"

That is it for now.
I hope you have a good night. A blessed day tomorrow.
Hugs, Diana

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Alohaand welcome to Cely’s 1st Blogaversary hop! Hawaii Paper Party just turned ONE! You should’ve gotten here from Dena’s blog . If you are just tuning in and would like to start at the beginning, head on over to Cely’s blog to start hopping!

The theme of this hop is PINK, since it is Cely’s favorite color. We’ve all created some cute pink projects. Don’t forget to visit, follow, and leave a comment on each post along the way and head on back over to Cely’s blog so you can win the GRAND PRIZE blog candy!

Now, on to my project:

This is an A2 card
I used PTI vintage cream
& hibiscus burst patterned paper
The top layers of patterned paper are from DCWV
The honeydew twine is from the TWINERY
I used liquid pearl inside the little flower
Letter envy: cricut cartridge

BLOG CANDY:
4 packages of creative charms embellishments

The rules for my candy are

1. Become a follower of mine & everyone along the way and
2. Leave a comment on every ones blog.

Friday, April 27, 2012

The weather has been great so we have had an increased number of tourists. Usually tourist season doesn't come until memorial weekend.

Schools in the area are getting out 2 weeks earlier than usual, so the graduation parties are beginning.

Here is something fun I made, I am on the glitter kick still. My friend Amy over at Amy's crafting place is always so encouraging with the glitter.

I am using Kraft card stock
the green is from a new DCWV paper
pack that I recently got called Chateau lavender
the doilie is from Authentique
make a wish is from quick kuts.
I ran it through my xyron and then put glitter on it
I used a Sakura pen around the edges for the faux stitched look

I sure have a lot to be thankful for. For one, I have a Sponsor for today's challenge. I am so excited to have one of you win the CRI-Kitskit of your choice regular & neon, metallic, glitter or pastel palette set, including magnetic pen holder. These are really fun to play with

As you know my challenges last for 16 days , you will have until May 12, 2012 at 11:59 to enter your project, leave a comment and mention my post and challenge on your blog with a link to this post so others may join in on the challenge,
and become a follower.
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The theme:
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MOTHER'S DAY using a pen or a marker of some sort.

I played around with the pens and found that I could get about thirty -six to 48 images like this out of one pen. If the image is more intricate I would imagine you would get less. If you look close you can see the glittery effect. I really like them and enjoyed working with them. The little deer image is from Cindy Loo. I haven't quite decided what I am going to do with these images, but you will be the first to know .

So, After I played around, I figured I would make another Mother's day card. This is black paper trey ink paper and I used the silver metallic pen. You can see how well it reproduces on the black. Anything you can cut with the cricut you can draw with the pens. There is a technique you can use for drawing with the pens and then putting the blade back in and then cutting. I think that would be more easily explained in a video keep your eyes peeled that may be coming up soon. My Happy Mothers day below is from Floral Embellishments, cricut cartridge. This is the first time I have used this cartridge.

Then, I used the pen to draw the lattice work and then put the blade in to cut it out. The image is from the letter envy cartridge.

Then the finale, putting it all together. My card stock and ribbon are Paper trey ink. The white paper is Bazzill. The pearl is liquid pearl white opal. I really like the way it came out it has a nice formal look

I hope you enjoyed this post and I am looking forward to seeing your creative design and entry in this challenge.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

I
'm thinking of Mother's day right now, not only is that right around the corner, but my mom's birthday is in a few days. So I thought I better get busy on some ideas for her gift also and because earth day was this past weekend, I thought I would recycle this box that a candle came in.
I used the Authentique "Uncommon Collection" to cover the box and make a coordinating card.
The twine is from the Twinery , stone. The brad is from MME lost and found breeze everywhere. Which is part of the March "Boy Crazy kit". I love you Mom sentiment is from My Pink Stamper "Lunch Box thoughts" sentiment set. I used chalk box inks set espresso to ink the edges. The rosette is handmade from the same paper collection. I added cotton candy stickles to the top right corner. All the brands I used can be purchased at Shop Pumpkin Spice.

If you like the products you see here, go check out Shop Pumpkin Spice. The products are very good quality and great prices.
Our challenge is going on right now, until the end of the month, for a chance to win May's kit.
If you purchase the April kit and use it for your project, you will get a second entry

The May Kit $16.95

Leave some love over at my post ath the Pumpkin Spice blog, I would really appreciate it.

Monday, April 23, 2012

You caught me, playing in my art room. I still haven't put everything away, in fact I have more out now, you know how that goes with the glitter?
I don't want to put it away. You know, you get it all set up, and it is easy, so I made another card to fit some more challenges.

I used PTI Kraft card stock
I used ac card stock for the bee and it was cut from Give a hoot and printed from Nursery Tails (IC)
the glitter is MS white gold
I used petal pink liquid pearlsMy pink Stamper : sentiment from punny licious
ink Jenni Bowlin chewing gum.BBTB2: Bee or a lady bugStampin sisters in Christ: PastelsKraft Journal: kidslittle scrap pieces: use purple or pink

The last 2 days were like summer and then today it was drizzly, not a good day for golf.
Have a blessed Evening, Diana

I needed a card for a little guy's birthday. I am so thankful for the MOJO Monday sketches. I flipped it again ( I did that last week), because it worked better for my image. To me it takes the guess work out of designing the card. Don't get me wrong I love designing, but seeing other designs is where inspiration comes from.

I hope you enjoy. I am making some headway in my art room. I got my glitter out, so I will be working with this for a while. Once I put it away I don't use it, it is away for a long time. I am going to try and put it in a spot I can get to it easily. The key is to remember where I put it.(he he)
The cricut cut I used is from Just because cards it is the first. I think that is such a cute little car and my sentiment is from MY PINK STAMPER "BOY CRAZY"
You can get this at quite a on line retailers or directly from My Pink Stamper or Shop Pumpkin Spice, which by the way has some great prices and while you are there browsing a round remember that you still have a week to join in the pumpkin spice challenge.

I still haven't cleaned up my art room, am I bad?
I really needed to get this card made. A friend that I see tomorrow is having a birthday, so I thought I better get this out of the way before laundry, cleaning, and all the other Monday stuff. In keeping with the Zambian theme, because my birthday friend is going on the Zambia mission trip. I thought I would make balloons with the animal print paper, 3 of the balloons have glitter on them, I think that really gives it more depth. I love the way this card came out. The red balloon shines, just like she does. Hope you enjoy my card.

Recipe:
This is an A2 card using
PTI: card stock, ribbon
DCWV for the balloons
doodlebug glitter
dies: quick Kutz

Sunday, April 22, 2012

The conference was awesome,
The women had such a wonderful time. One young lady came up to me afterward and in tears said she did not want leave, she enjoyed it so much. It was a good feeling. The whole purpose of the conference is to help women reach their full potential, to connect with other women and form strong support groups and connect with other women in the community
I really need to clean my art room before I can make any more projects. But, I thought I would share these photos of the conference set up with you. We had the main room for the meals the fashion show and the guest speaker. Off to the side was an area for shopping --- a small boutique. Then there were rooms to break up into various workshops. Then, in the very back I set up a prayer room/walk - a very quiet place to meditate and reflect.

These were taken just before the lunch while all the women were in their work shops

If you look in the far left where the light is shining , that is the prayer room.

This is the boutique area over to the right.

Our guest speaker spoke a long time, but you really did not want her to stop. She is a super story teller and I can't wait to read her book. Her name is Janet Mitchell and the book is called "Taking a Stand"

All the tables had animal print tablecloths on them, because this conference helps fund the women's ministry Zambia mission. We had such a great team of women working together to make all this come together and look effortless. I feel so blessed to be part of this community.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

I will be at the women's conference all day today. I made this last night for one of the ladies who said she liked hearts. I wanted to post something for all of you to. Any way, I got this cartridge in the mail yesterday I could not wait to make a card with it. I have been bidding on it for 2 weeks on E-bay and I could never get it at the price I wanted so I just went and ordered it from another vender. I LOVE IT A LATTE can you guess which one it is? Hopefully I will find a challenge for it either today or Sunday. I'm sure I will be pretty tired when I get home today.

4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Liquid pearls and glossy accent
PTI Fine linen

I am really looking forward to it, but I better get to bed because it is already today and I need my sleep.
Hugs to all of you have a blessed day, I know I will.
Diana

If you are looking for me today I will be busy helping set up for the Women's conference, that is happening tomorrow. You won't see much of me tomorrow because the conference is all day.

Here is the random winner.

Katie O. Please email me your address and I will mail your M's Gift card. Thank you everyone who entered the challenge. It really means a lot to me and I am thankful that I am able to offer prizes.
Hope you join in the fun of the next challenge.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Thank you for joining us for our new CREATIVE CUTTER ROOM challenge! We saw such sweet and adorable Easter and Bunny projects! We appreciate you joining us and hope you will join us for this next challenge!

The CCR Design Team will be showcasing the Creative Cutter Room Bow maker!

If you have troubles making bows? Yes! I did

I am so thrilled, Cathie gave each one of us one of these bow makers and I can now make a bow that looks presentable. If you have noticed my projects for the last few weeks there are a lot of bows. I owe it to this bow maker. It is awesome

Here is my project:

I love how this card came out this is such a cute image from the new Cricut cartridge "Paper doll teen scene". I must be a kid at heart playing with paper dolls. My patterned paper on the girl is from the All wrapped up imagine cartridge and then my other papers are from the "Boy Crazy March kit from SPS. The sentiment is from "MY PINK STAMPER" lunch box thoughts I only used part of the sentiment. It seemed to work.

big or little here is the solution! You can check out Cathie's Video HERE and see this Bow Maker in action! It is so funny, the audio is not working quite right--- It really does sound like something from a spooky movie, you still get the idea, and the nice thing is Cathie jokes about herself. She has such a great sense of humor and she is so generous, she is really fun to design for and I have to give a shout out to Carri the busy bee for being super coordinator

Thanks for popping in on another Thankful Thursday challenge.
Check my sidebar for the other thankful Thursday challenges that are still open

CHALLENGE: THANK YOU/ ANYTHING- POSTAL

For my card I used PTI Kraft card stock for the base
My Minds eye Lost & found Madison ave. for the text paper
The stickers are from echo park yours truly
The Cricut cut was from Sentimentals
the pearl on the cuff is from making memories
challengesCWC:letters or writing

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

I was asked the other day if my art room was cleaned up meaning things put away, that was my take on it. I have to say, If you see me posting a lot, I can guarantee you, my room looks like I was burglarized. Once this week is over I will have a long breather to be able to get my art room in order.
We have a lot of house projects scheduled for this year and I would love to take a vacation to a warm island, maybe even see one of my blog buddies and a professor I use to work with. On to my project.

I had a lot of fun making this I love doing the layering.

PTI Vanillla cream
Distressed dots
I used the CC April showers for the umbrella and the sentiment
the 3 flowers are from are Quick kutz die
and I used liquid pearls for the centers of the flowers
Challenges:FCC: April showersMEFY: 3 flowers Frosted designs:weatherPile it on: pop it

Hi!! Me again,
Another post, I know crazy me, but remember I told you I was going to pop the balloons on there to give it extra layering. Well, I did I cut them from lyrical letter that is a super cartridge there are a lot of other shapes on there that you would never expect, being a font cartridge and all.

So well I was snooping around the blogs I found it is Madison's 17th birthday, if you get a chance go wish her a happy birthday. She is such a sweet heart, with compassion beyond her years.Happy Birthday Madison

Yesterday was awesome, it was a beautiful warm day, we were outside most of the time for the -HPC- (Homeless project Connect)
When I got home I sat in the chair and slept for over an hour and never moved. I must have been exhausted. I met a new friend named Josh he is 4 and we colored together. We both share green as our favorite color. When we said good bye he asked, " Will I ever see you again?"
My heart could have just melted, " I replied I sure hope so."
Kids just say the cutest things.

I need some of these cards soon, Graduation is coming up and this is also a great card for new parents, job promotion, new home. You name it, any way to congratulate some one. It is a monochrome card the pearl is silver from liquid pearls--- one of my new favorite embellishments right now, right up there along with bows. Tomorrow I will give you a little more insight into why you are seeing so many bows by me. Make sure to come by tomorrow and check it out.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

I always like the MOJO Mondays sketch - I decided I wanted to flip it--

If you are looking for me this morning, I am at the "Homeless Project connect" I knew I wanted to get this posted before I headed out, because I don't know if I will get back on here until later tonight.
May is the booming month for Birthdays in my family, I need a ton of them, but I want to put some in my shop so I think I will make duplicates especially of this one because I need the balloons to be cut out with the cricut for a challenge. You will be seeing this posted again later for that challenge, with different balloons added .

Monday, April 16, 2012

This will be a busy week, new beginnings and ending of projects. I think I will take a breather after this week is over. I have had so many multiple projects going on. When I say multiple I mean projects that need to be mass produced. I like doing multiples, once I get to that stage, it is a no brain-er and I can think about other things or/and new ideas.
Certain cards you just need in your stock pile and I always think get well cards are right in there with. Thank you's and Birthday's. Here is my get well card.

RECIPE:
My base is PTI spring moss
everything is stamped on vintage cream,
the lattice is Kraft,the label is K & co
The stamped flowers are from Asian fusion
using Jenni Bowlin ink
The larger stamped butterfly is from Stampendous and
the smaller is from Lori's garden cart
I distressed the edges with TH walnut stain
I used liquid pearls platinum in the corners of the
punched EK success label
Challenges:MIM: use Kraft and stash Craft your passion: dies and punchesMy Craft spot: make it popcatered crop: use Kraft paper

Sunday, April 15, 2012

If these tags go quickly I will be making about 100 of them, maybe more if I have time. They are part of a portion of a program at my church. I really like the simplicity of it and the colors and love translucency of the vellum which works well for the feel I am trying to get across

I used vellum and the spellbinder to make the shaped tag and the heart earth, came from Give a hoot. On the very back it will read " Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" or "In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

I haven't decided that part yet.

I like the twine at the top because it is very earthy, it is actually hemp.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

I really have just hung around the house most of today and cooked and cleaned and of course the never ending story ---- laundry. Where does it all come from.........??

As you know, I am always working on some type of art project along with making cards. I just finished the 200 cards for the women's conference last week. They seem to take forever, because I had to keep putting them away and then getting them back out, it was kind of like a production line mass producing, but adding a little extra or something different to each one. They came out great and I am sure everyone will be happy when they get theirs.

So I did have time this week to work on one of my favorite motivation inspiration charges--none other than--

Cricut Air 2

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Each day brings its own challenges, I see beauty and art in each and everyday.I love creating art and I love sharing what I create. I paint in water color and acrylic and design cards. I am married and feel very blessed.